Aechmea

Genus: Aechmea

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Bromeliaceae

About 204 species, native to southern Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies, with 42 species cultivated in southern Africa.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Aechmea alopecurus Native to Brazil.
Aechmea angustifolia (Achupa) Native from Costa Rica to Bolivia.
Aechmea aquilega (Bosananas, Caraguata guacu) Native to the Caribean.
Aechmea aquilegioides Native to Brazil.
Aechmea araneosa Native to Brazil.
Aechmea beeriana (Ananás bravo) Native from Colombia to Bolivia.
Aechmea blumenavii Native to Brazil.
Aechmea bracteata (Papagaya) Native from Mexico to Venezuela.
Aechmea bromeliifolia (Piña del monte) Native from Guatemala to Argentina.
Aechmea calyculata Native to Brazil and Argentina.
Aechmea caudata Native to Brazil.
Aechmea chantinii Native from Colombia to Peru.
Aechmea chlorophylla Native to Brazil.
Aechmea contracta Native from Colombia to Peru.
Aechmea cylindrata Native to Brazil.
Aechmea dichlamydea Native to Trinidad and Venezuela.
Aechmea distichantha (Caraguatá) Native from Brazil to Argentina.
Aechmea eurycorymbus Native to Brazil.
Aechmea fasciata Native to Brazil.
Aechmea fendleri Native to Venezuela and Trinidad.
Aechmea fraudulosa Native to Brazil.
Aechmea gamosepala Native to Brazil. Not recorded in Glen (2002).
Aechmea gracilis Native to Brazil.
Aechmea kleinii Native to Brazil.
Aechmea lueddemanniana Native from Mexico to Guatemala.
Aechmea mariae-reginae Native to Costa Rica.
Aechmea mertensii (Gűicundo) Native from Colombia to Peru.
Aechmea miniata
Aechmea mulfordii Native to Brazil.
Aechmea muricata Native to Brazil.
Aechmea nallyi Native to Peru.
Aechmea nudicaulis Native from Mexico to Brazil.
Aechmea orlandiana Native to Brazil.
Aechmea pectinata Native to Brazil.
Aechmea phanerophlebia Native to Brazil.
Aechmea pineliana Native to Brazil.
Aechmea podantha Native to Brazil.
Aechmea racinae Native to Brazil.
Aechmea recurvata Native from Brazil to Argentina.
Aechmea triangularis Native to Brazil.
Aechmea victoriana Native to Brazil.
Aechmea weilbachii Native to Brazil.
Aechmea wittmackiana Native to Brazil.

Publications

Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.